Talk:Nintendo 64 technical specifications

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"CPU can not use DMA"[edit]

   The CPU is challenged by a 250 MB/s bus to the system RAM, and in order to access the RAM, the CPU must go through the Reality Coprocessor (RCP), and can not use DMA to do so as the RCP can.

This is nonsensical. DMA (direct memory access) is defined as a non-CPU component accessing memory without the CPU being involved; it makes no sense for the CPU itself. Perhaps this should just say higher latency? 24.130.133.67 (talk) 06:54, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this has to be clarified. A CPU that can't access its memory directly as the article claims twice would be a highly unusual design which doesn't exist in any other system I know. 77.13.112.208 (talk) 22:22, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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